yearbook

See also: year-book

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From year +‎ book. Compare West Frisian jierboek (yearbook), Dutch jaarboek (yearbook), German Jahrbuch (yearbook), Swedish årsbok (yearbook), Faroese árbók (annal, record).

Pronunciation

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Noun

yearbook (countable and uncountable, plural yearbooks)

  1. (countable) A reference book, published annually.
  2. (countable, US, education) A publication compiled by the graduating class of a high school or college, recording the year's events and containing photographs of students and faculty.
    • 2017 June 16, Doug Criss and Ellie Kaufman, “School issues new yearbooks after Trump’s name is removed from photos”, in CNN[1]:
      A New Jersey high school will issue new yearbooks after pro-Trump slogans and logos were removed from photos that some students submitted.
    • 2025 August 27, Casey Tolan, Audrey Ash, Allison Gordon, Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Rob Kuznia, John Miller, “Police examine online videos, writings possibly linked to Minneapolis church shooting suspect”, in CNN[2]:
      A 2017 yearbook photograph obtained by CNN shows Robert Westman, later known as Robin Westman, then a student at Annunciation Catholic grade school in Minneapolis.
  3. (uncountable, US, education) A school subject in which students learn journalistic skills by compiling a yearbook.

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